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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online education enable humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these open education endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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